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Hansheng Liu’s first attempt to find a job through the startup Refer didn’t work out.It was this past fall, and the recent computer science grad from the University of Illinois said he hadn’t done enough to beef up his résumé. Liu then spent part of the winter building a website and a backend server so he could gain more experience.That’s when he went back to Refer, a so-called reverse recruiter for tech workers, where job seekers, not employers, pay a fee when they land a role.Refer uses an AI agent to identify potential matches and introduce candidates to hiring managers…

Erik Smolinski, a full-time trader, has outperformed the S&P 500 by a wide margin. From Jan. 1 through July 6, 2026, he said his account returned 33.44%, compared with 10.79% for the index. Over the trailing 12 months, he said it gained 57.01%, versus 21.49% for the S&P 500.His process is highly structured.Smolinski maintains a detailed trading plan and trading log, then regularly evaluates both through after-action reviews, or AARs.The exercise helps him assess what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to change.”I have different strategies and profit mechanisms that are designed to do different things — some of them…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Cierra Desmaratti, a 27-year-old actuarial analyst based in Miami. It’s been edited for length and clarity.As an actuarial analyst, I’ve felt a lot of pressure to be viewed as competent. I’m a very feminine person, and I’ve grappled with how to express my feminine sense of style without undermining how seriously people take me.When I was working at Deloitte in Chicago, I wore neutral colors and pants every day, trying to find acceptance through conformity.Moving to a place as colorful and expressive as Miami has inspired me to embrace my femininity…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche listens during a news conference at the Justice Department building on July 1. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and his pick for attorney general, is set to appear for what could be a contentious confirmation hearing Wednesday amid questions about his handling of the Epstein files, the targeting of Trump’s political foes and the broader politicization of justice. Blanche previously won Senate confirmation early in Trump’s second term to serve as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, but it is unclear…

Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill on July 14, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Supreme Court did something Tuesday that it has not done in seven years. It sent two of the justices to Capitol Hill to testify about the court’s budget request for the coming year. The budget has grown dramatically in recent years because of the equally dramatic rise in the number and intensity of threats to the justices’ safety. Designated as the court’s representatives were…

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, says it’s not his job to protect Hollywood giants from the rise of Netflix and other streaming insurgents.This week, Bonta and 11 other attorneys general sued Paramount Skydance to stop its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount says it needs the deal to compete with tech giants in streaming and transition to a new media model.Bonta told Business Insider that’s irrelevant to his antitrust case.”We’re indifferent to — I guess, from a legal perspective — what markets are growing, which ones are shrinking,” Bonta said in an interview. “Maybe the theater market is shrinking,…

Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon.Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty ImagesAmerican megabanks on Tuesday gave evidence that the global artificial intelligence boom isn’t just benefiting tech giants and chip makers.Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase each posted record quarterly revenue hauls, fueled by massive gains in equities trading and investment banking.Behind the surge in activity — Goldman revenue jumped 39% to $20.3 billion, while JPMorgan saw it rise 27% to $58 billion — is the fact that AI is “everywhere in financial markets,” JPMorgan CFO Jeremy Barnum told…

“Record.” “Strong.” “Best quarterly revenue in a decade.”Wall Street CEOs described their impressive second-quarter earnings in confident terms on Tuesday, as all five banks that reported results notched double-digit profits. The banks — JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America — generally reported big gains in equities trading revenue and investment banking fees. Morgan Stanley, which is set to report on Wednesday, is also expected to have had a strong quarter.Overall, the CEOs said that the economy had proved resilient and the deal pipeline robust, buoyed by the AI financing boom. Yet the banking leaders questioned whether…

A Lucid Air electric vehicle (EV) at the company’s showroom in Tysons, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLucid Motor stock fell more than 40% at one point and trading was halted for volatility multiple times Tuesday amid speculation that the company is considering new options.A site focused on electric vehicles called EV reported Tuesday Lucid was considering going private or filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. According to the site, the company asked AlixPartners to review those options and deliver its findings to Lucid’s board before its next meeting.The report from EV also…

“Gus”, a mounted Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, one of the largest T. rex ever found, is pictured during a press preview at the Sotheby’s Breuer building in New York, on July 1, 2026.Timothy A. Clary | Afp | Getty ImagesA Tyrannosaurus rex specimen sold at Sotheby’s for $50.1 million, becoming the most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction.Riding a boom in dinosaur prices at auction, the T. rex, named “Gus,” blew past its price estimate of $20 million to $30 million after a 10-minute bidding war between seven bidders. It broke the record sale by Sotheby’s of a Stegosaurus skeleton nicknamed…